Fetterman Fight

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battle military engagement

The Fetterman Fight was an 1866 battle near Fort Phil Kearny in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, marking one of the worst military defeats for the United States on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Label Occurrences
Fetterman Fight canonical 5
Fetterman Massacre 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath contributed to later U.S. decision to abandon forts along the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
increased criticism of U.S. Army leadership on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Hundred in the Hand ⓘ
Fetterman Fight ⓘ
surface form: Fetterman Massacre
belligerent Arapaho ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cause Native resistance to U.S. forts along the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
combatant Arapaho ⓘ
Sioux people ⓘ
surface form: Lakota Sioux

Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
surface form: Northern Cheyenne

United States Army ⓘ
commander Captain William J. Fetterman ⓘ
conflict Red Cloud's War ⓘ
conflictType U.S.–Native American conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date December 21, 1866 ⓘ
describedAs one of the worst U.S. military defeats on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–American Civil War era ⓘ
location Powder River Country ⓘ
Wyoming Territory ⓘ
near Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ
namedAfter Captain William J. Fetterman ⓘ
NativeNationsInvolved Arapaho ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
opposingCommander Crazy Horse ⓘ
Red Cloud ⓘ
outcome annihilation of U.S. Army detachment ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: Indian Wars

Red Cloud's War ⓘ
precededBy establishment of Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ
relatedTo Bozeman Trail ⓘ
Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ
result Native American victory ⓘ
significance demonstrated effectiveness of Native American tactics against U.S. Army columns ⓘ
theater Great Plains ⓘ
UScasualties all soldiers in the detachment killed ⓘ
year 1866 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Cloud's War → notableEvent → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Crazy Horse → participantIn → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Bozeman Trail → notableEvent → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Fetterman Fight → alsoKnownAs → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fetterman Massacre
Wagon Box Fight → precededBy → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Fort Phil Kearny → associatedWithEvent → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Fort Phil Kearny → associatedWithEvent → Fetterman Fight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fetterman Massacre